Utilities to raise their rates

Entergy, Miss. Power get PSC OK

10:30 PM,
Jan. 7, 2014

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Entergy Mississippi customers are set to pay higher amounts on their monthly power bills this year.

So are Mississippi Power Co. customers.

The state Public Service Commission on Tuesday approved a 4 percent increase in the average residential Entergy customer's power bill that will take effect in February and continue through the end of the year. That means a customer using an average of 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each month will pay $4.21 more on their bills per month than in 2013 - meaning their bills will rise from $103.87 per month now to $108.08. ...